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Jun

Using Limitations

Posted by Becca  Published in Ideas, Meditations

It’s been one of my bad weeks, which means I’ve had plenty of time to sit around and think. Think of all the things I want to or ought to be doing, and of a dozen wonderful ideas that I would love to do someday but doubt I’ll ever have the energy for. Limitations force [...]

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Tags: creativity, fibromyalgia, limitations, weakness

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Jun

Answered Prayers

Posted by Becca  Published in Meditations, Poems

I asked for a place To belong; God gave, instead, Belonging to Him. I asked for smooth roads; Instead, God granted me wings To rise up and fly. I asked Him for peace; He made me a peace maker And then sent me forth. So all my prayers He answered in His own way; And [...]

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Tags: haiku, inspiration, poem, poetry, prayer

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